Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 3
कुमारो दर्शनात्सद्यः सफलो हि नृणां सदा । ये पापिनो ह्यधर्म्मिष्ठाः श्वपचा अपि लोमश । दर्शनाद्धूतपापास्ते भवंत्येव न संशयः
kumāro darśanātsadyaḥ saphalo hi nṛṇāṃ sadā | ye pāpino hyadharmmiṣṭhāḥ śvapacā api lomaśa | darśanāddhūtapāpāste bhavaṃtyeva na saṃśayaḥ
کُمار کے دیدار سے ہی لوگ فوراً ہمیشہ کے لیے پھل (روحانی فائدہ) پاتے ہیں۔ اے لومش! جو گنہگار اور اَدھرم میں لگے ہوں—حتیٰ کہ شَوپچ بھی—وہ اس دیدار سے گناہوں سے پاک ہو جاتے ہیں؛ اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔
Unnamed narrator addressing Lomaśa (deduced: Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa continuing the account)
Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual) / Kumāra-darśana within Kedārakhaṇḍa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka (and sages)
Scene: A procession of diverse pilgrims—ascetics, householders, and outcast figures—approach Kumāra; upon darśana, a visual motif of dark stains dissolving into light, signifying pāpa-kṣaya; Lomaśa as witness to the assurance ‘na saṃśayaḥ’.
FAQs
Divine grace is transformative: sincere contact through darśana can purify even the most fallen.
Not a single named site in this verse; it supports the Kedārakhaṇḍa theme of salvific holiness in the Kedāra-Himalayan sphere.
Darśana (devotional seeing/visitation) of Kumāra as a purifying act.